///Is there anyone else out there in a similar situation? Will these games
at least retain the (sometimes very high) monetary value I laid out for
them? I'd hate to part with them but then again they are just sitting in
my closet.///
Well, I wouldn't say I'm there with my Turbo collection, but I think I made
a mistake last year in selling off all my Sega Master System items. Same
kind of situation you described, I basically had everything sitting on a
shelf in my closet, almost never playing it. So for whatever reason, I sold
everything, 2 systems, controllers, 56 boxed/complete games, etc. Now, I
regret it immensely.
Make sure it's something you want to do, because as I'm learning now, it's
alot more difficult to get the items you've lost a second time...
Marshall